MILWAUKEE - They're giving two thumbs up to the bronze Fonz in Milwaukee. Dozens of people lining the Milwaukee River downtown cheered as a bronze statue of the "Happy Days" character was unveiled Tuesday. Click on the slideshow link to see images from Tuesday's celebrations. TODAY'S TMJ4 wants to know what you think of the new Bronze Fonz statue. Click on the link under related content to answer the TODAY'S TMJ4 web poll! Actor Henry Winkler pretended to comb the character's hair and put his arm around the life-size statue of Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli along the Milwaukee River in downtown Milwaukee. It shows the Fonz smiling and giving his signature two thumbs up, in blue jeans and a black leather jacket. TODAY'S TMJ4's Scott Steele reported on the unveiling of the Bronze Fonz statue Tuesday. Click on the links under related content to see Scott's reports. "To see it in real life and that it exists it's just, it's just unbelievable. It really is," Winkler told the invite-only crowd and others gathered nearby trying to hear. TODAY’S TMJ4’s Jay Olstad spoke with Winkler at Miss Katie’s Diner Tuesday morning. Click on the link under related content to see the interview. Jay Olstad also spoke with one Fonzie fan who had her 1970s Fonzie socks autographed by Winkler at Miss Katie’s Diner. Click on the link under related content to see an interview with the Fonzie fan. Milwaukee joins at least six other cities around the nation that have erected statues of classic television or movie characters. "Happy Days" was based in Milwaukee from 1974 to 1984 but no scenes were filmed there. Most of the cast was on hand Tuesday, along with the show's creator, director and producer Garry Marshall, and actors Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams from the spin-off "Laverne & Shirley." Ron Howard, who played Richie Cunningham, was filming a movie and wasn't able to make it. Winkler's two sons, daughter and wife were also in the audience. Garry Marshall was playful at the podium, making the crowd laugh. "Hi, I'm Penny's brother," he said, referring to his well-known sister, actress-director Penny Marshall. The show's executive producer, Thomas L. Miller, talked him out of basing the show in the Bronx, where the Marshalls grew up, Marshall said. Miller was born in Milwaukee. "This is a great honor for all of us in the cast," Marshall said. "To think back and I made up a character, you know, and just made it up but suddenly a man came named Henry Winkler, and he made this character real." He then gave Winkler a hug. The sculptor, Gerald Sawyer, put the initials of Winkler and his wife in the veins in the hands, "like the David in Italy," Winkler said. Winkler also got presented with several plaques from city, county and state officials proclaiming the day Henry Winkler or the Fonz day. Winkler said the residents of Milwaukee have become his adopted family, with their warmth and hospitality. "I share every inch of this statue with my family, with my television family and with my adopted family. From my bottom of my heart, thank you," he said. Two booster groups, VISIT Milwaukee and Spirit Milwaukee, spearheaded the statue's fundraising. The cable network TV Land also contributed. TV Land fully sponsored six other statues, but since ended the program. Those are Mary Tyler Moore in Minneapolis, Bob Newhart in Chicago, Elvis Presley in Honolulu, Ralph Kramden in New York City, Samantha from "Bewitched" in Salem, Mass., and Andy Griffith in Raleigh, N.C Winkler's adopted son, Jed Weitzman, who lives in New York, said people everywhere know who his father is. Weitzman said it was an honor to have his father forever in bronze. "Oh my gosh, it's bizarre isn't it," he said. Click on the Bronze Fonz link under related content for more information on the Bronze Fonz statue. (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)